noob questions incoming...After the GH60 group buy a lot of people are going to be receiving assembled keyboards with no cases only to figure out that they are stuck with a tray style case unless they desolder all the switches and use a different plate.

Would it be possible to create a layered case like Matt3o's that the plates from the gh60 group buy get sandwiched inside of?

noob questions incoming...After the GH60 group buy a lot of people are going to be receiving assembled keyboards with no cases only to figure out that they are stuck with a tray style case unless they desolder all the switches and use a different plate.

Would it be possible to create a layered case like Matt3o's that the plates from the gh60 group buy get sandwiched inside of?

It would need standoffs. The GB plates are very close to the size of the PCB so they cannot really be sandwiched.

I'm trying to have an acrylic plate 2mm thick (instead of 1.5 for better stability) etched in the position of switch clips to have them slot in. This way you get a 100% acrylic case and you wouldn't need an aluminum plate.

I'm trying to have an acrylic plate 2mm thick (instead of 1.5 for better stability) etched in the position of switch clips to have them slot in. This way you get a 100% acrylic case and you wouldn't need an aluminum plate.

Forgive me if this is already common knowledge here, but here in the shop for mounting holes for 4-40 & M3 we use a dimension of 2.4x2.6mm for designs on the laser. This allows the screws to self tap, however over tightening will crack the acrylic. Thankfully though there's usually enough resistance to tell you when you've got it in the sweet spot.

Will you be doing the drawings for all of the potential GH60 plates/styles (ISO HHKB is my favourite flavour at the moment) Would be really cool to get something like the 2TU HHMX with the clear acrylic sides and internal LEDs.

Yeah. To put it simply ;-I know more now than I did when I designed these cases.-Design 3 isn't would be quite expensive, and it wouldn't be possible to have removable switch tops. Because of this I'm ditching design 3. However, something similar can be done by simply gluing threaded standoffs to a laser cut plate in order to get somthing very similar.-Design 2.. same as design 3.. would be expensive to have the top piece machined, and removabl switch tops wouldn't be possible. The only realistic way to have it done would be to have the top plate laser cut, then have the countersinks added afterwards.-Design 1 will be finalised soon.

noob questions incoming...After the GH60 group buy a lot of people are going to be receiving assembled keyboards with no cases only to figure out that they are stuck with a tray style case unless they desolder all the switches and use a different plate.

Would it be possible to create a layered case like Matt3o's that the plates from the gh60 group buy get sandwiched inside of?

It would need standoffs. The GB plates are very close to the size of the PCB so they cannot really be sandwiched.

Forgive me if I have missed this, but I haven't seen a direct answer in my reading of this thread. Will one of the designs be what domo is asking about here? A tray style case made with layers of acrylic that has standoff holes in the bottom layer? Something like the cases that takaki is currently doing for TKL sized boards? I was kinda hoping for something like this because I have plates and PCBs coming for the GH60. I was hoping to be able to build a simple clear acrylic case to show off the pretty internals but also be able to use the GH60 plates. I was gonna try to learn enough about CAD to draw up a simple design to take to a local cutter, but then I saw this thread and I thought just such an open source design would eventually be posted here. I see now though that it seems all of the designs in this thread seem to include an integral plate in the case design.

So, is this type of tray case going to be one of the designs produced in this open source project?

I really do like the designs I have seen here. You guys make some pretty designs. I was just also hoping for an option to drop in a plate and PCB combo from the GH60 group buy.

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These are going to start out as layered designs, which could be used for aluminum/steel/acrylic cases and later we can combine layers and come up with machined cases similar to what Photekq has been working on.

What I have in mind is the case with a plate would allow for PCBs from GH60/Poker/Poker II/Pure. We can have a variety of layouts like the GH60 plates by WFD. The case only option would allow you to fit the GH60 plates by WFD and also the Poker II plates.

I know we might not end up with a universal case, but we can with a universal design, where small tweaks like position of certain cutouts have to be changed.

What were are looking for thus are:- PCB layouts- Plate layouts- Location of USB cable, usb connector of any sort- Dipswitch positions- Teensy controller button position- Any other cutouts required

I wanted to show my interest in this. I had dragged my sorry sad ass across snow, sand, and mud and I'm interested in building my own GH60. Of course I have to also wait and be patient and show sad puppy eyes to some GH60 buyer who purchased one too many boards.

Anyway, most of the keyboards today are too heavy and I like to fidget (move around) my keyboard while I'm using it which is why I'm here - I'd like an acrylic case for a PCB only GH60. My hopes and dreams is that it will be no heavier than a stock poker and not as bendy/buckling in the middle.

How do you screw them? The rivets don't seem to have anything to use a screwdriver on.

Pressure, you push them in. To screw it tightly it would require you to first half screw a temp screw on one side and then once rivet is inserted on both sides, you can tighten the grub screw using an alan key.

Interested in those moz.. Problem with getting a truely tidy, cheap case is getting threaded holes somewhere. So.. those go in by pressure? You could literally attach them to a solid piece of acrylic? How about alu/steel? Are there alternatives for those materials that you're aware of?

Interested in those moz.. Problem with getting a truely tidy, cheap case is getting threaded holes somewhere. So.. those go in by pressure? You could literally attach them to a solid piece of acrylic? How about alu/steel? Are there alternatives for those materials that you're aware of?

However I believe this could be a great workaround by just pushing the rivet in by pressure. This should be pretty tight, the second option would be to use a flanged nut, at the top and bottom., the hexagon shape of the nut can be cut in the acrylic.

I agree with you regarding the point abut a tidy and cheap look. I don't like acrylic being glued, if it can be avoided, I would avoid it (I know I have some projects where I am glueing acrylic but the dimensions there are much to small to allow bolting/screwing). With acrylic you can't rally tap it, because from my experience, threading in acrylic wears off real quick, opne/close the case a couple of time,s and the threading would be really damaged.

I am really not aware of anything for alu/steel, to be honest. Even with acrylic I have only a little bit of experience.

oh oh oh i think i have one of those riveting tools somewhere (although mine is like 1x1x2metres, so not sure if it's suited)! Thanks for reminding me of these threaded rivets etc, it was something i was gonna look up and then forgot..

and yeah, hex nut was something i was thinking of too. would be easy to glue a few in.

Whats a realistic time frame for this GB to happen? The GH60 GB just sold a ton and is in production. Those guys will want cases soon, I imagine.

This isn't a GB. This is a thread where a few people are throwing some case ideas around, the files will be released OS.. then it's up to everyone else if they want to run a GB or if people just want to get one made for themselves.